scríbnid

Old Irish

Etymology

scríbend +‎ -id

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsʲkʲrʲiːβʲnʲiðʲ]

Noun

scríbnid m

1. scribe, professional writer

Inflection

Masculine i-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	scríbnid	scríbnidL	scríbnidiH
vocative	scríbnid	scríbnidL	scríbnidiH
accusative	scríbnidN	scríbnidL	scríbnidiH
genitive	scríbnedoH, scríbnedaH	scríbnedoH, scríbnedaH	scríbnideN
dative	scríbnidL	scríbnidib	scríbnidib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• stoirscríbnid

Descendants

• Irish: scríbhnidh, scríbhní (obsolete)

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “scríbnid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language